I have the Timney Trigger in the shop. I will put it on my MN soon. I am a believer.

I bought a MN action m,any years ago that found its way into my closet and went unnoticed for years till I forgot just where or when I bought it. Funny thing is that the action has a barrel on it that is terribly eat out and the end must be 318 and the chamber end is .314. GONE! BUT the action has a Timney and the bolt seems to be lapped and the head space is fine. That cap on the end of the bolt that functions as a safety is beyond description. It, "Cocking Piece" is cut and ground off as short as possible in the front and missing the tang. The rear grip is ground of even with the rear of the firing pin. This thing could not possibly be lighter unless re-manufactured using Titanium. Lock time is reduced as much as possible. Rock Solid mount is mounted, well, rock solid and I got rings. Heck of a surprise as I thought it was a Swede wrapped in a bundle but was this MN. I have a MN sniper Original Fake that I am proud of. Installing the Timeny in the Sniper and adding the lightened bolt cocking piece should do the trick. It has a 308 barrel.

The action I have has a lot of work and I would like to salvage it but the barrel must go. Any ideas on replacing the barrel with a 308? The 308 on my Sniper is Russian made and installed by an armory. HELP!

Welcome to SOCAMO , Johned . Without trying to hijack this thread ; I am currently building a "F"class using a M-N round receiver / matching bolt , and a Kreiger .308-5R , 26" barrel. CCA is doing the action / Barrel work and lapping the bolt ; as I'm not a gunsmith , but I'm doing all the rest of the build .

There are many barrel makers and it comes down to both price and preference , along with what you'll be using the rifle for .I chose Kreiger for their "rep" in the L/R target community . Bartlein , McGowan ,Shilein , and a host of others make excellent barrels for M-N's. Pick your poison .